HMCS Nootka underwent further conversion and modernization in 1953-1954 and resumed training duties with the Atlantic Fleet
but also pointed to the poor wartime training of junior officers and senior non-commissioned officers in the administration and care of their men that resulted in poor leadership and ineffectiveness of the divisional system
maker marked "BEVO-WUPPERTAL" along the bottom edge
In silver gilt with phoenix insignia affixed to an silver gilt and white enamelled cross base
Fabricated from a thick leather with a pebbled black finished upper
Germany, Third Reich. A Grouping Of German Day Badges Newly Listed HMCS Nootka underwent further conversion(Tagesabzeichen). A grouping of German day badges. 1) A 1938 International Craft Exhibition badge, an oval badge constructed of enamelled metal, the obverse presents a multi coloured figure circumscribed by INTERNATIONALE HANDWERKS AUSSTELLUNG BERLIN 1938, the reverse presents a vertical pin, maker mark E F WIEDMANN FRANKFURT M, measures 30 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), and in near extremely fine condition. 2) An Oberlahnstein Rd. Badge, constructed of a